now it works! i tried the following ssh -vvv cheese@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx to see if i get a ssh connection. output as follows: [rpmbuild@cheese .ssh]$ ssh -v cheese@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx OpenSSH_5.0p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8g 19 Oct 2007 debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config debug1: Applying options for * debug1: Connecting to cvs.fedoraproject.org [209.132.176.51] port 22. debug1: Connection established. debug1: identity file /home/rpmbuild/.ssh/identity type -1 debug1: identity file /home/rpmbuild/.ssh/id_rsa type 1 debug1: identity file /home/rpmbuild/.ssh/id_dsa type -1 debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_4.3 debug1: match: OpenSSH_4.3 pat OpenSSH* debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0 debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.0 debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received debug1: kex: server->client aes128-cbc hmac-md5 none debug1: kex: client->server aes128-cbc hmac-md5 none debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST(1024<1024<8192) sent debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT sent debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY debug1: Host 'cvs.fedoraproject.org' is known and matches the RSA host key. debug1: Found key in /home/rpmbuild/.ssh/known_hosts:6 debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey debug1: Next authentication method: publickey debug1: Trying private key: /home/rpmbuild/.ssh/identity debug1: Offering public key: /home/rpmbuild/.ssh/id_rsa debug1: Remote: Forced command: /usr/bin/cvs server debug1: Remote: Port forwarding disabled. debug1: Remote: X11 forwarding disabled. debug1: Remote: Agent forwarding disabled. debug1: Remote: Pty allocation disabled. debug1: Server accepts key: pkalg ssh-rsa blen 277 debug1: read PEM private key done: type RSA debug1: Remote: Forced command: /usr/bin/cvs server debug1: Remote: Port forwarding disabled. debug1: Remote: X11 forwarding disabled. debug1: Remote: Agent forwarding disabled. debug1: Remote: Pty allocation disabled. debug1: Authentication succeeded (publickey). debug1: channel 0: new [client-session] debug1: Entering interactive session. debug1: Sending environment. debug1: Sending env LANG = en_US.UTF-8 debug1: channel 0: free: client-session, nchannels 1 Connection to cvs.fedoraproject.org closed. debug1: Transferred: stdin 0, stdout 0, stderr 45 bytes in 59.2 seconds debug1: Bytes per second: stdin 0.0, stdout 0.0, stderr 0.8 debug1: Exit status -1 [rpmbuild@cheese .ssh]$ [rpmbuild@cheese .ssh]$ export|grep CVS declare -x CVSROOT=":ext:cheese@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:/cvs/pkgs" afterwards i tried from another host on the same network: worked another user from the same host: worked with the account i use for building packages (rpmbuild as above): did not work tried for at least 3 times and my last attempt worked. seems to be solved for now, but i dont know why and what has changed. josef On Mon, 2008-08-25 at 12:21 -0700, Toshio Kuratomi wrote: > josef radinger wrote: > > since several days i'm trying to update some spec-files via cvs and i > > seem not to able to do that. > > > > after some fiddling i found that i had to upload a new rsa-key (i tried > > with dsa and got no meaningfull errormessage). i even managed to update > > ~fedora.cert + friends, but still no luck (the logmessage has only my > > own comment for updateing): > > > > [rpmbuild@cheese teg]$ cvs commit > > cvs commit: Examining . > > cvs commit: Examining F-7 > > cvs commit: Examining F-8 > > cvs commit: Examining F-9 > > cvs commit: Examining common > > cvs commit: Examining devel > > ? devel/teg-0.11.2-15.fc10.src.rpm > > ? F-9/teg-0.11.2-16.fc9.src.rpm > > cvs [server aborted]: "commit" requires write access to the repository > > cvs commit: saving log message in /tmp/cvsmCWfVR > > > > Looking through the logs on the cvs server, I don't see any logins from > you. Are you connecting with your Fedora account? > > -Toshio > > -- > fedora-devel-list mailing list > fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list